Changes

'''Asexuality''' is the [[sexual orientation]] of those who do not feel sexual attraction to people of either [[gender]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asexuality.org|title=Asexual Visibility & Education Network}}</ref> It is distinct from [[antisexualism]], opposition to sexual behavior and sexuality.

'''Asexuality''' is the [[sexual orientation]] of those who do not feel sexual attraction to people of either [[gender]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asexuality.org|title=Asexual Visibility & Education Network}}</ref> It is distinct from [[antisexualism]], opposition to sexual behavior and sexuality. Some people, whether due to age or other biological causes, experience such low [[libido]] that they could be considered, for all practical purposes, asexual. On the other hand, it is possible to have libido without attraction, which accounts for why some asexual people engage in sexual self-stimulation.

==Implications for Christians==

==Implications of low-libido asexuality for Christians==

Some people, whether due to age or other biological causes, experience such low [[libido]] that they could be considered, for all practical purposes, asexual. For those who have already decided to be [[celibate]], a low sex drive could be rather convenient. Sexual appetites serve no Godly purpose in those who are unmarried and have no intent to become married, except as an exercise in building [[faith]] by asking God to take away those desires and having the petition be granted. Sexual desires can also pose problems for those who are married but whose spouses request or require temporary or permanent [[sexual abstinence]], whether due to [[menstruation]], disability, long-term military deployment, giving oneself to a period of [[fasting]] and [[prayer]], or other circumstances.

For those who have already decided to be [[celibate]], a low sex drive could be rather convenient. Sexual appetites serve no Godly purpose in those who are unmarried and have no intent to become married, except as an exercise in building [[faith]] by asking God to take away those desires and having the petition be granted. Sexual desires can also pose problems for those who are married but whose spouses request or require temporary or permanent [[sexual abstinence]], whether due to [[menstruation]], disability, long-term military deployment, giving oneself to a period of [[fasting]] and [[prayer]], or other circumstances.

In [[Book of Matthew|Matthew]] 19, [[Jesus]] responds to his disciples' statement that "it is not good to marry" by saying, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." [[Paul]] also states in [[1 Corinthians]] 7 that "It is good for a man not to touch a woman", that "I would that all men were even as I myself", "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I" and that the unmarried are better able to focus on pleasing the Lord without being distracted by those things of the world that are necessary to please one's spouse.

In [[Book of Matthew|Matthew]] 19, [[Jesus]] responds to his disciples' statement that "it is not good to marry" by saying, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." [[Paul]] also states in [[1 Corinthians]] 7 that "It is good for a man not to touch a woman", that "I would that all men were even as I myself", "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I" and that the unmarried are better able to focus on pleasing the Lord without being distracted by those things of the world that are necessary to please one's spouse.

==Asexual movement==

==Asexual movement==

The asexual movement is mostly organized by the Asexual Visibility & Education Network, which is allied with the [[GLBTQ]] community. Their viewpoint is that the same logic by which non-heterosexuality should be accepted also demands that asexuality be accepted. This ignores the fact that the Bible condemns gay and lesbian sexual desires but does not condemn asexuality. Although asexual Christians exist, there is no need for them to organize and agitate for their rights. Bible-believing Christians and society in general already accept their way of life, because it does not offend public morality and it causes no social problems, unlike fornication and "those things which are not convenient", viz., sexual acts that are against nature.<ref>Romans 1:26-28</ref>

The asexual movement is mostly organized by the Asexual Visibility & Education Network, which is allied with the [[GLBTQ]] community. Their viewpoint is that the same logic by which non-heterosexuality should be accepted also demands that asexuality be accepted. This ignores the fact that the Bible condemns gay and lesbian sexual desires but does not condemn asexuality (so long as it is not a form that substitutes sexual self-stimulation for sexual relations between man and wife).

 

Although asexual Christians exist, there is no need for them to organize and agitate for their rights. Bible-believing Christians and society in general already accept as a legitimate option a celibate lifestyle that is abstinent from sexual self-stimulation, because it does not offend public morality and it causes no social problems, unlike fornication and "those things which are not convenient", viz., sexual acts that are against nature.<ref>Romans 1:26-28</ref>

==References==

==References==